That won't happen for another 45 days, but Donald Trump, the president-in-waiting, isn't shying away from acting like the president-in-reality.
This weekend, Trump will join French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris for the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral five years after it was devastated by fire.
“Given the weakness of the current president and the speed at which things develop in the modern world, Trump is, in effect, a presumptive president,” said Newt Gingrich, a Republican former House speaker and a Trump ally.
But Trump and a few of his predecessors haven’t hesitated to dip a toe into real-time crises if so moved.
When President George W. Bush invited Obama to a meeting of world leaders devoted to the downturn, Obama declined.
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